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By S. R. Crockett
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on couches of flowers. Strange rid
;Boris stooped and laid his hand up- heady scents seemed to rise a'b'out him
on :his heart. He was not dead, Where- like something palpable. His 'brain
argon the ex -man-at-arms lifted him as wavered behind his brow like a sum-
eeeli as he could and dragged him by me: landscape when the sun is hot al -
the elbows out of reach of the waves. ter a shower. Perfumes, strange aud
Then he came hack to Jorian and (taunting, dwelt in his nostrils. The
kicked him in the ribs. The rotundScent, at once sour and sweet, of bee -
Mem eat up with an execration. hives at night, the richness of honey
"Come," cried Boris, "don't lie in the comb, site delicacy of wet banks
there like Reynard the Fox waiting of violets, fall odoured musk, and the
for Kayward the Hare. \Ve want no luxury of sun -warmed afternoon bean-
ma'ling,ering here. There's S. man at fields dreamily sweet—these made his
death's door down on the sihingle, very soul swoon within him. Then fol -
Come and help me to carry him to the lowed odours of rose gardens, of cool
'house, walks drenched in shadow and ran -
!It was a heavy ta,:k, and Jorian's dont scents blown in at open windows.
head spun with the shock of the wave Yes, he knew now; surely he was
and the weight of their burden long again in his awn chamber in the sum -
before they reached the point where mer pavilion of the palace in Court -
the boundary wall approached nearest 'and. He could hear the cool wash of
to the house. the Aela under its walls, and with the
"We can never hope to get ]tint up assurance there carte somehow a
that ladder and down the other side," memory of a slim lad with clear-cut
-aid l3 ris, shaking his head. features who brought him a message
"Even if we had the ladder!" ans- front—was it his sister Margaret, or
wered Jorian, glad of a chance to Louis his brother? He could not 1.0-
g -rumble; "but, thanks to your stupid- member which.
ity, it is on the other side of the walk" Of what had he been dreaming
Without noticing his comp'anion's In the endeavor to recall something
words, 'Boris took a hand'ftrl of small he harked back on the terrors of the
ed window. The 'head of Werner eon night in which, of all on 'board the
IOrseln immediately appeared, his grin- ship, his*mut alone had remained ser -
tiled hair blown out like a misty aur- ene. He remembered the fury of the
tale about his temples. storm, the helpless impotence and
"Conte down:" shouted Boris, mak- blank cowardice of the sailor folk, the
ing a trumpet of his hands to fight the desertion of the officers in the only
wind withal, "IVe have found a seaworthy boat.
drowned man on the beach!" Slowly the drifting trusts ,steadied
And indeed it seemed literally so, as themselves athwart his •brain. The ac -
they carried their burden around the tuat recnntpoeed itself out of the
walls to the wicket door and waited. shreds of dreams. .Conrad found him-
Ilt seemed an interminable time before self in a long low room su'Ch as he had
Werner von Orseln arrived with the seen many tunes in the houses of well
dumb man lantern its his hand. to do ritters along the 'Si!itie shores,
They carried the body into the great Ther beams of the roof tree above were
haat, where the Duchess and the old carrell and ancient, Arras went every -
servitor met ahem. There they laid where about the halls. Silver candle -
'him on a table. Joan herself lifted the sticks, with princely crests graven up -
.lantern and held it to his face. His on them, stood by his bedhead. After
fair hair clustered about his head in each survey his eyes settled on the
wet knots and shining twists. The sleeping girl. She was very young and
features of his face were white as very beautiful. It was—yet it could
death and carven like those of a stat- not he-- the Duchess Joan, who lead
ue. But at the sight the heart of the been married to his brother Louis in
Duchess leaped wildly within her. Courtland.
"Conrad!" she cried—that word and Conrad of Courtland had set out on
no more. And the lantern fell to the a mission of the state. But scarcely
floor from her nerveless hand. was he clear of, the Courtland shores
'There was no doubt in her mind. when there had come the storm, the
She could make no mistake. The reg- shipwreck, the wild struggle among
War 'features, the pillar -like neck, the the white and foaming breakers—and
massive shoulders, the strong clean then, wondrously emergent, like est
cut mouth, the broad white brow. It ening heaven, the quiet of this shelter -
was the White Knight of the Cottrt- ed roost and this sleeping girl, with
land lists, the noble (Prince of the sum her white hand lying lax and delicate
neer parlor, Conrad of Courtland, on the rosy silk.
;Prince, but to her—"he"—the only The book slipped strdd•enly from her
he." fingers, failing on the polished wood
!When Conrad opened his eyes, it of the floor with a startling sound.
seo m ed to him that he had passed The eyes of the :gaunt man by the
.through warring waters into the ser- 'dor were lifted from She ground,
enity of the Life Beyond. His hand ;glittered beadily for a moment, and
lay 00 a counterpane of faded rose again dropped as .before,
silk, soft as down. Did he dream that The gins did not start, but rather
another hand had been holding it, that passel immediately into full conscious -
gentlest fingers had rested caressingly trees with a little shudder and a quick.
on his 'brow? gesture of the hand, as if she pushed
A girl, sweet and stately, sat by his sonnethieg or someone from her. Then
bedside, Ey the door, to which alone from the pillow on which his head lay
'he could raise his eyes, stood a tall joan of Hohenstein saw the eyes of
gaunt man clad in grey from head to the Prince Conrad gazing at her, dank
toot his hands clasped in from of him
and solemn, from ,within inn theur hsh
and his chin sunk P
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p n his breast. rings of recent per...
The Prince's eyes rested languidly "You are my •hrother's wifel" he
on the girl's face, on which fens the said safely, but yet in the same rich
light of a shaded silver damp. There and thrilling voice she had liftoaed .to
was a book in her lap, writtenupon with so many heart -stirrings in the
sheets of thin parchment, bound in summer palace,
,golds -embossed leather. But she did A chill came over the girl's face at
not read it. Instead she breathed his words.
softly. and regularly. Sh•e was asleep, "I am indeed the Duchess Jean of
with her hand on the coverlet of rosy IHahensteiu, she answered. "My fa -
silk. . ;her willed that I should wed Prince
5'trange fancies passed through the Louis of Courtland. Weill, I married
haanmin.g brain of the rescued man hint and rode away. In so much I am
as it had been, hunting each other ac- your brother's wife."
TOSS 's stage, visions Of perilous adven-.. - It was a s'traege awaking for a titan'
titre, of fights with wild beasts in who had passed from death to life,
shut in places from which there was but at least her very impetuosity con -
no escape, of brutal fisticuffs with sa- vinced 'tint that the gird was flesh and
nage men. All these agaiin merged blood.
into the sense of falling from ime He eielled wanly. The' light of the
men'se heights only to find that the lamp seemed to waver again.before • his
air upheld hint and that, instead of eyes, He sate' his companion as it had
breaking himself to pieces at the bot- been transformed attd 'glorified. He.
tont, he ali'ghted soft as thistledown heard the roliling of drums in his ears
end merry pipes prayed sweetly far
away. Then came the hush of many
waters flowing softly, and 'last, thrum-
ming on the parched earth, and drunk.
dawn gladly by tired flowers, the
sound of •utbunclance' of ram._ The world'
grew full of sleep and rest and re-
reshment. There was me longer' need
to care about anything.
IH•is eyes dosed. Ile seemed about.
to sink beck into unconsciousness,
ween Joan rose, and with a few drops
from Dessiauer's phial which she kept
by her in case of meed, she caned hitu
back from the misty ver es of
the
Thins which are Without,
As he struggled pa'infu'lly upward
he seemed to hear Joan's last• words
repeated and re -repeated to'the music
01 a shim of fairy !bells "In so iniech-,
in so nnue'h- I ami' your brother's
wife—your brother's wife." He came
to himself with a start.
"Will Yon tele me haw I carne here,
and to W110111 I ant indebted for nay
life?" .he said, as Joan stood up 'beside
him, leer shapely head dim and retired
in the misty •duskabove the lamp,
only her chin and the Shapely curves
of her throat being illumined by the
learnt' lamplight.
"You were packed up for dead on
the beach in the midst of the storm,"
she answered, "and dere brought
hither by two captains in the service
of the Prince of'i'llasseiburgl"
"And where is this place, and when
can S leave it to proceed upon my
journey ?"
The girl's head was turned away
from him a trifle more haughtily than
.before, and she answered coldly, "'You
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trey, that depends neither on you 0
on me. I am a prisoner here. And
I fear must you also consider yon
self!"
"A prisoner! Then has my broth
—?" cried the Prince, starting up o
hit elbow and instantly dropping bac
again upon the pillow with a groan
mingled pain and weakness. Joa
looked at him a moment and the
compressing 'her lips with quick res
Ilution, went to the bedside and wi
one hand under his head rearrange
the pillow and laid him back in a
easier ,posture.
"You must lie etitl," she said in
commanding tone, and yet softly
""you are too weak to more. Also yo rt
must obey e. I here some skill i
leeelrcrafl.'t
"`I ate content •to be your prisoner,
said the Prince smiling—"that is , t
I ata well ..enoughto proceed."
"I fear me much," answered Joai
"Ow we may be fellow prisoners a
long standing. ';those of my own fol
who hhold.me here against my Will ar
hardly likely to let the brother o
!Prince Louis of Courtland escap
with news of my hiding place an
present hermitage."
The young man seemed as if 1
would again have started up, but writ
a gesture smilingly imperious Joel
'forbade hint.
"Tomorrow," she said, "perhaps i
you are patient I will tell you more
Here conies our hostess. It is tint
that 'I should leave you."
Theresa von Lynar came softly t
the side of the bed and stood besid
(loan. The young than 'thought 'that h
had never seen a more queenly pair
Joanresplendent in girlish strengt
and beauty, Theresa stile its the Wipes
glory of womanhood. There was
;;cutler light than •before in the elde
woman's eyes, and she east atr%lmos
deprecating glance upon Joan. For a
the first sound of her approach t'h
girl had stiffened visibly, and now
evith only a formal word as to the
sick man's condition, anE a cold bow
she moved away.
;Theresa watched her a .little sadd
as site passed behind the deep curtain
Then she sighed, and turning again t
the 'bedside she looked long at th
young man without speaking,
"1 have a right to call myself thee
wwidowof Duke Henry of Kernaberg
and Hohenstein," said Theresa von
Lynar, in reply to Conrad's question
as to whom he might .thank for rescue
and shelter.
"And therefore the mother Of the
Duchess Joan?" he continued.
Theresa e esa sh'
ook her
head
' o " she said sadly; "I ant not
her mother, but and even that
only in a sense—her stepmother. ee
promise to a dead man has kept me
from claiming any privileges save that
of dining unknown. on tris desotate
isle of sand and mist. My son is an
officer in the service of the Dnchcse
loan."
'The face of the Prince lighted up iu-
s'tan t•eously.
"•'1foet surely then, I know hint. Did
he not conte 'to Courtland with my
Lord Dessauer, t'he Ambassador of
'P'Iasseelburg?"
The lady of Isle Rugen'nodded in-
differently,
"Yes," she said; "I believe he went
to Courtland with the embassy from
Pleeneieburg."
"Indeed, I was much drawn to
him," said. the Prince eagerly; "I re
'mem'ber him most vividly. He was of
an olive complexion, his features with-
out colour, but graven evens as the
THURSDAY, AUGUST '27th, 191L
'Creeks cut those of a young .god on a
gem
"Yes,;" said Theresa von Lynam ser-
enely, "he has his, father's face and
carriage, which are those also of the
Duchess Joan:'
And why," said the young man, "if
I Wray; ask _without offette, is your
son that the heir to elle Diukedoitt:?"
There was a dnvncest sadness in
the woman's voice and eye as she re-
plied, "Because when I wedded Duke
Henry it was agreed 'between us that
aught which in'ight be thereafter
should never stand between his daugh-
ter and ,her heritage and, in spite of
deiidly wrong done to. those of my
house, I have kept my word,
• The .Prince thought tang with knit-
ted brow.'
"The Duchess is my brother Louis's
wife," he said slowly.
"Ins Warne." retorter. Theresa, cioick-
ly and breathlessly, like one called on
u•neispected!ly to defend an absent
friend.
Theresa sat motionless and silent by
his bed till the day rose roof and un-
tneuh!ted out of the east, softly aglow
with the sheen of clouded silk, pearl
grey and delicate. Prince 'Conrad, be-
ing greatly
e-ing.grea•tly wearied and bruised in'-
wardly with the buffeting 01 the waves
and the stones of the shore, slumber-
ed restie ely,-avitit many •tosslings and
turnings. ' ,But as oft as the shoved, the
hands of the woman who had been a
wife were upon him, ordering his
bruised Limbs with swift kno'twledge-
ab'le tenderness, so then Ire did' not
wake, 'but gradually fall back again
t'into dreamless and refreshing sleep,
This was easy to her, because the se-
cret patio was not hid from Theresa,
the widow of the Dulec of Hohensteint
—though Henry the Lion's daughter
knew it not.
In the morning Joan carte to bid
the patient good -morrow, while Wer-
ner volt Orseiln stood in the doorway
with his steel cap doffed its his hand,
and Boris and Jorian .beside him. But
Theresa dist not again appear till night
and darkness had wrapped the earth.
So being all alone he listened to the
heavy plunge of the breakers on the
beach among which his life had so
nearly sped. The sound grew slower
and slower affer the storm, until at
last only the wavelets of the sheltered
sea lapsed on the :shingle in a sort
of breathing w'itisper.
"Peace! Peace! Great peace!" they.
seemed to say hour after hour as they
fell on his ear.
And so day passed and came again.
Long nights, too, at first with hourly
attendance and then presently with-
out. But Joan stet no more with the
young man after that first watch,
though his soul longed for her that he
night again tell the girl that she was
his brother's wife, and urge her to do
her duty by .tint who was her wedded
hu'sban'd. So in her absence he ,pres-
ently rose up to seek Werner von Or-
seln in order to persuade him to let
hien go, that he Weight proceed about
his bnsieess,
But Werner only l'au'ghed and' put
ltitn off.
"When we have sure word of what
your brother does at Kerns:berg, then
we will talk of this matter. Ttell then
it cannot be hid fmin you that no .hos-
tage half so valuable can we keep in
'hold. For if your 'bro'ther loves my
Prince, then he will 'desire to ransom
him, On the other hand, if he fear hem,
then ane will keep your Highness alive
to threaten him,
So after many .clays it was permitted
to the Prince to walk abroad within
the narrow bounds of ;the Isle Ruget,
the Wordless' Man guarding him at
fifty paces distance, impassive and in-
evitable as an ambutant rock of the
seaboard.
As he went Prince Conrad's eyes
glanced this way and that, looking for
a means of escape. Yet they saw none
for Werner von Oracle with :his ten
men of Kernelbe'rg and the two Cap-
tains of Plassen!bueg were not soldiers
to Make mistakes. 'There was but one
'boat on. the island, and thiat was 1'ock-
ed in a strong house fiy the inner
shore, am'd over against' it a sentry
paced night anee day. Lt cdeeticed,
however, upon a warm anid gracious
afternoon, when the breezes pliayed
wanderingly Y g
h amon,
Y eg order trees
before losing sntS t hem lv se e's in the sol-
emn aisles of the pines in a pillared
temple, that Conrad, stepping painful-
ly westwards along the beach, anrive•'d
at the plia'ce of his rescue, and, de-
scending the steep bank of shingle 'to
look for any 'tra'ces Of the disaster,
carte suddenly upon the Duchess Joan
gazing thoughtfully .out to sea.
Elle turned quickly, hearing the
sound .of footsteps, and at sight of the
Prince ,glanced ' east and west along
the shore ars if meditating retreat.
i73ut 'the proximity of Max Ulrich
and the etncompassing'han•k's of water-
worn pebbles convinced her of the
awkwardness, if not the impossibility
of escape.
Conrad the prisoner greeted Joan
with the sweet gravity which had
been characteristic of hint as Conrad
the prince, ,anel'liis eyes shone upon
her with the same affectionate kindli-
ness that had dwelt in them in the pa-
vilion
o'f the rose garden, ,But after(
across the seeeligrey sea. :Her feet
turned instinctively to walk back to
wards the house and the Prince turn-
ed with her.
°If we are two fellow -prisoners,'
said 'Conrad, :"we ought' to see more
of, each other. I.s it riot so "
"That we may cope:ert plans of es-
cape?" said Joan. "You r desire to con-
tittue your journey -1 to retti•rie to my
people, who, alas thinlc. t'heritselves
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for the County of Huron, Telepaoese•
No. 46.
rad 'liVe have certain hereditary dil-
lies imposed upon us to forward the
sta'te's po'lity."
The Prince Meditated deeply..
"The wlo'rlld' is i11 arranged," he said
slowly; "iny (brother 'Lotiis would
neve been far better in my position.
than S. And strange it is to think than
bat a year ago the icnights and chief
coun'oidllore of Cburehand came to me
to propose that, .because oil his' 'bodily
weakness, my, heather sluould he de-
posed and that I should take over the
governnnent and direction of affairs."
1 -le went on without noticing •thee
colour rising'inJoan's cheek, smiling
a 1ttile to himself and talking atiith
more animation.
"Then, had 1 assented, my.brother
Might have been walking Isere by
your side, while I would d'oulntless
have been .knocking at the gates al
I�•eriesberg, seeking at the spear's
point for a runaway bride."
'Nay1" cried Joan, with sudden ve-
itentence;' 'that would y,au not---"
And as suddenly she stopped,stric'k-
en dumb by the sound of her owma
'The Peirce tanned his head full up -
em her: He saw a face all suffused
with hot 'blushes, haughtiest pride
struggling with angry tears in eyes
'that 5ali•rl:y ibitazed upon him, and. a
slender figure drawn up into an atti-
tude of defiance—at sight otf'ailt which
someehing book hint instantly by the
throat.
"You tneatr—you neem—" he
stamittereel, and for a moment was si-
lent. "Far Gbd's sake tell me what
you mean!"
"I mean nothing at all•," said J'oa'n,
stamping her foot in anger,
And turning upon her heel she left
him standing fixed. its wonder and
doubt epos the margin of the sea.
Then the rife of Louis, Prince of
,Courtland, walked eastward to the
'home upon the .Isle Rugen with her
'face as stern'iy sect as for b'a'ttle, but
her nether lip quivening—white, Con-
rad, second Prance of Courtland,
paced, shawdy to the west :wroth a bitter
end dbiw•n'cast iodk upon his ordinarily
sunny countenance.
For fate had beenexceeding cruel
to these two.
('To Be Continued)
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Chiropractor
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Monday, Wednesday and
Friday Afternoons
Diseases of all kinds success-
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'DR.. C. • MIAi0KIAY.—C. ' lTa,clea ;
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College; mennbe'r of the College olr;
Physicians and Surgeons of Owe-iet,
DR. F. J. R. RORISITEIR--.+Eve, Exe
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